"Oh, right, sure thing!"
After freezing in place for a long while, Butterfly Girl finally snapped back to her senses, scurrying to the edge of the bath and resting her hands on Li's shoulders.
Yet her attention was entirely focused on the newly obtained severed arm. Her little finger twitched slightly, then her index finger, moving with utmost care as if terrified that a single ounce of force would snap the fingers clean off. Finally, all five fingers lifted slightly and gripped Li's shoulders.
"Harder!" Li yelled in dissatisfaction.
Butterfly Girl jumped in fright, subconsciously increasing her strength, but the arm didn't go completely useless as she had imagined; on the contrary, this arm was even stronger than her left one.
"This... I... really... this arm..." She found it hard to believe, stammering, yet she didn't know what to say.
This feeling of having an arm again was as if her entire person had been rejuvenated. Right now, she longed to share this great news with her sisters, to tell the master of this mill that starting today, she was no longer a cheap woman worth eighty copper coins.
She could even imagine that the moment she walked out of this room, she would be able to enter the center of Hippo Ancient City, spending her nights lying against the chests of those nobles.
But she couldn't do that now; she knew that at this moment, the person she should serve best was the man right before her, the one who had given her a new lease on life.
Her hands were very gentle, employing her absolute finest techniques to the best of her ability. She had already made up her mind in her heart: whatever this man wanted, she would agree to without the slightest hesitation.
"Hey, you're spacing